Parrobus of Pottole, sometimes Patrobos, Patrobus or Patrobas ( el, Πατροβᾶς), is numbered among the

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. He was

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of Neapolis (

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) or of Pottole (cf. recounting of Dorotheus below), and is referred to in

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when

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greets him in his

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.16:14
/ref> The Church remembers St. Patrobas on November 5, with his fellow apostles Ss.

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and

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Apostle Patrobus of the Seventy
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The Choosing of the Seventy Holy Apostles, as recounted by Dorotheus, Bishop of Tyre
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) {{DEFAULTSORT:Parrobus Of Pottole Seventy disciples Saints from Roman Italy Christian saints from the New Testament 1st-century Christian saints 1st-century Italian bishops Bishops of Naples

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